"Caleb Rivers?" an unfamiliar voice called out. Caleb, who had been waiting patiently for his interview, looked up and saw a rather large and cheery man smiling at him. He stood up and held out his hand, at which the man shook it firmly. "I'm Kenneth West, and I'll be your future boss. If you'd like to follow me, we can get this interview started."

Caleb followed Kenneth through to a small office, where he was gestured to sit on a chair at a desk. Kenneth sat opposite and pulled out a few notes from a draw. He glanced at the writing and cleared his throat. "So as you know, you'll be an Information Risk Analyst. I take it you know what this job will include?"

"Yes, I do," Caleb replied, nodding. He'd made sure to go over the job description five times, just to be sure. Hanna couldn't understand why he kept reading it. She'd always thought that once was enough; as long as she knew what she was doing, she was all fine.

"So, Caleb, why should I give you this job? What makes you special over everyone else who's applied?" Kenneth asked.

Caleb thought for a moment, but couldn't come up with a suitable answer. "I…uh…"

"It's okay. Take your time." Kenneth gave the brunette a reassuring smile.

The answer finally came to Caleb after minutes of racking his brain. It didn't seem like Caleb had been going over these type of questions for the whole car journey to New York. In fact, at many points, Caleb had been so focused on thinking about the questions, he forgot to concentrate on the road. "I have many ideas that I think could really be an asset to this company. I feel like I could really bring something good."

Meanwhile, Hanna was in the backyard, with Madelyn. They were in the swimming pool, and the toddler was happily splashing about. With her huge inflatable armbands on, Madelyn's face was barely visible, but she seemed content enough. Since Emily had taken her in a pool when she was just a baby, Maddie had loved swimming ever since. Hanna was sure her daughter was going to turn into an exact replica of Emily in high school: athletic, jock, champion swimmer. Nothing like Hanna or Caleb.

"Mama," Madelyn exclaimed, giggling. As she bobbed up and down, she splashed Hanna. The mother pretended to be upset and frowned, causing more giggles from the toddler.

"Should we get out now?" Hanna asked, moving a pool toy out of the way.

"No!" the young blond shouted. "Swim!"

"Baby, we've been in the pool for over an hour. If you're not careful, you'll turn into a prune."

Obviously, Madelyn had no idea what her mom was talking about, so ignored her and continued to splash widely. "Swim, swim, swim," she chanted. Hanna stood back in the water and sighed. There was no way Maddie was getting out of this swimming pool any time soon.

20 minutes later, after what Caleb thought were some pretty intense questions, he walked out of the large, tall, typical New York style building with a smile on his face. Caleb felt like he'd done pretty good, much to his own amazement. Kenneth seemed to have taken a liking to him, and had given him a friendly handshake as Caleb left. Now it was just a waiting game.

Since Caleb had guessed the interview wouldn't take too long, he had previously decided he would check out the new apartment.

"Come on, come on," the brunette muttered to himself as he sat in the busy New York traffic. Caleb drummed his fingers on the steering wheel and tried to look passed the other cars in front, looking to see if he could see what the problem was. It took a while, but the cars finally started moving and Caleb made it to the apartment block.

As he stood on the sidewalk, staring up at the huge block, a sudden realisation struck Caleb. This would be his home. This would be where Madelyn and his future child would grow up. This would be his daily route to work.

"Wow," Caleb breathed. He took a deep breath and walked through the doors. Two doormen were standing chatting to each other in the lobby. The lobby was painted a calming cream color, but had sections wallpapered with a pattered green, black and white paper. There were three green chairs by the wall, and a black couch near the door. Caleb couldn't help but feel like this was a rather upstate apartment building.

He walked up to the desk, where a woman was sat typing at an Apple computer. Caleb pulled out one of the keys that he and Hanna had been sent through after it'd had been confirmed they had gotten the apartment. "Hi," Caleb said as he stepped towards the desk. The woman looked up, unimpressed. "Sorry to interrupt, but my wife and I recently got an apartment here. Is it okay to go straight up?"

"Why wouldn't it be?" the woman replied. Caleb didn't know how to reply, so just turned around and headed to the elevator. He wasn't looking forward to seeing her every time he had to leave.

Hanna and Caleb's apartment was the floor beneath the top one. Caleb found the right number, and carefully unlocked the door. The inside was more than he could have ever imagined.

The first room to step into was the living room. It had windows that filled up the whole of one wall, and spectacular views that took the breath out of Caleb. There, right in front of him, was the Manhattan skyline. There was no furniture inside, Hanna and Caleb were yet to sell their own before they could move.

Next was the kitchen. It was almost a rounded shape, with cupboards and shelves filling up the back wall. There was an island in the middle with stone marbled counter tops that Hanna had fallen in love with from the pictures. On the left, there was a long window, and on the left was a space for a refrigerator, and a few more cupboards.

There was a reasonable size space that was probably a second living room area. Once again, there were large windows, showing the beautiful landscape that was New York.

Caleb walked through to the the first bedroom. It was an empty, medium sized, well-lit room. Caleb suspected Hanna would want this as Maddie's room. He was already expecting to be asked to paint it bright pink.

The master bedroom was further along the hall, and was bigger than Caleb realized. It had more than enough space for all of Hanna's furniture she'd want in a bedroom.

The brunette headed back into the main part of the apartment and sighed. "How can we afford this?" Caleb whispered as he gazed around the kitchen. It was beyond him how Hanna had ever persuaded him to buy this. Honestly, it worried Caleb. If he got this job, it would pay well, but surely couldn't pay for such an extravagant place like this.

After spending almost two hours just wandering around and around the apartment, Caleb decided he should start heading back to Rosewood. After all, it was over a three hour journey, and he promised Maddie that he'd be home in time for her to go to bed.

"Madelyn!" Hanna called out. She had finally managed to get the young toddler out of the pool, and was now in the local playground. It was almost 5 o'clock, and three hours ago, Caleb had texted to let Hanna know he was beginning his journey home. "We need to go home!"

"Play, Mama," Maddie replied. She was running around like a madman, releasing all her built up energy. On the plus side, it would be easy to get her to bed later. But on the down side, Madelyn was very adamant on staying in the park for probably eternity, if she had her own way.

"Daddy's going to be home soon," Hanna yelled. She hurried over to the other side of the park where the toddler was and grabbed her hand. "Do you want to see Daddy?"

"Daddy, Daddy!"

10 minutes later, Caleb passed the Rosewood sign. He passed Ashley and Ted's house, he passed Ashley and Hanna's old house—that was now occupied by a young family— and he passed the local playground, that Madelyn adored. Luckily, when Caleb was looking in the new apartment, he spotted a playground nearby that the toddler would be able to play in. It was just unfortunate that they didn't have spool for her to splash around in.

"Han? Maddie?" the brunette called out as he walked through the front door. He dropped his duffel bag by the door and carried on through to the kitchen. There was no answer from Hanna, but as Caleb headed through the living room and began to climb the stairs, he heard a giggle from Madelyn's playroom. He turned around and stepped back down before poking his head around the playroom door.

There, sitting on the floor, playing with dolls, were Hanna and Maddie. They were giggling and laughing with each other, and clearly didn't hear Caleb's arrival. Caleb stood there for a moment, just smiling and watching them play. It wasn't until Hanna sensed someone watching her and looked up when he moved.

"You're back!" Hanna exclaimed. She jumped up and ran up to her husband, wrapping her arms around his neck. If you didn't know Caleb had only been gone for the day, you'd think he'd just returned from a week's long trip away.

"Daddy!" Madelyn was next for a hug, and Caleb scooped her up, kissing her on the forehead.

The three walked through to the living room, where Caleb sat down, his daughter on his lap. Hanna sat next to him, after grabbing the remote from the side.

"So," she began as she curled her legs under. "How did the interview go?"

"It was good. I think it all went okay; the guy interviewing seemed to like me, I guess," Caleb replied. "The actual interview didn't take that long, so I headed over to Manhattan."

"You went to the apartment?"

Caleb nodded. "I did."

"H-how was it?" Hanna was definitely taken by surprise. She felt slightly jealous; she hadn't seen the apartment yet.

"It was amazing, Han." Madelyn was fidgeting on Caleb's lap, trying to get off, so he gave her a helping hand and she skipped off happily. "It's huge."

Caleb's tone was worrying Hanna. She got the feeling that he wasn't as happy about the apartment as she was. "That's a good thing, right?"

"Yeah. I guess. It's just…Han, the price goes with the size. The whole time I was there, I kept wandering how in God's name we're going to afford it and a baby at the same time."

Hanna knew something was up. "But we've already bought it. We can't…well sell it again."

Caleb saw the sad, disappointed look on Hanna's face and immediately felt bad. "I know. We'll make it work. I'm just worried about nothing."

"Are you sure? Are you sure we can do it? I don't want to have our kids starving because of a house."

"Han," Caleb rested his hand on his wife's knee reassuringly. "We'll be fine."

Hanna wasn't convinced. Caleb couldn't have just had a sudden turn of heart. He obviously thought they'd struggle with money; Hanna could see it in his eyes. But she didn't need the extra worry; it wouldn't be good for the baby. She decided to forget about it. Well, as much as she could.

An hour later, Maddie started to become tired and droopy. "Hey Mads, do you want to go to bed?" Hanna asked. Caleb, who had been engrossed in the TV screen, looked over at the toddler. She was slumped on the floor, half-heartedly playing with Bella.

"No Mommy," Maddie replied. She had big bags under her eyes, and looked like she could fall asleep that second, but was very against going to bed. "No bed."

"Come on, Maddie," Caleb said, standing up. He walked over to her, and crouched down to Maddie's level. "If you upstairs to bed now, I'll read you a story."

"Okay," the toddler sighed. She stretched her arms up, as if to ask to be carried. Caleb scooped her up in his arms and held her as if she were baby. He couldn't wait to have another newborn again; he missed having a tiny baby so much.

Caleb trudged up the stairs, down the hallway, and into the bright pink bedroom. He stood Maddie on the floor before heading over and closing the curtains. From the drawers, Caleb grabbed a pair of pyjamas and began changing the toddler. Madelyn was practically unresponsive, she was so tired.

"We just need to brush your teeth, and then you can go straight to sleep," the brunette explained.

Maddie mumbled something, but Caleb didn't catch what is was. He carried her through to the bathroom, sat her on the toilet seat, and grabbed her toothbrush from the pot. Caleb had to physically open his daughter's mouth before he could actually start brushing her small teeth.

After finishing in the restroom, Madelyn was brought back to her bedroom and placed in her bed. Caleb turned his back for thirty seconds while he grabbed the toddler's favorite story from the bookshelf. When he turned back, Maddie was fast asleep. He let out a little chuckle to himself, and quietly crept out of the room, switching the light off as he passed it.

"That was a quick story," Hanna said as she saw Caleb's reflection in the window.

"I didn't get a chance to even start one." The brunette collapsed onto the couch besides his wife and rolled his eyes when Hanna immediately rested her legs on his lap.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. I booked a doctor's appointment," Hanna suddenly announced. Caleb looked over at her, surprised. "It's on Thursday at 2. Can you come?"

"Of course! I'll go to work in the morning, but come home at lunchtime."

"I'm pretty sure I've already started gaining weight. This morning, I swear I saw a bump," the blond said, shaking her head as if she were in amazement.

"Han, there isn't a bump. You can't be that far along yet," Caleb replied. "And if you were, then wouldn't you have found out a lot earlier?"

Hanna shrugged. "I doubt I'm three months. I'm probably, like, 6, 7 weeks."

A/N - sorry this chapter is so short, but i wanted to post something for you guys!

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